CLAY COUNTY MARKET

Clay County, Georgia Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Clay County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bluffton, and Fort Gaines list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Clay County by the Numbers

Clay County has 73 farms on 43,141 acres (about 591 acres each). Together they sold $19 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cotton and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce collard greens.

4 farms in Clay County already sell straight to the public. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Clay County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,775 head of cattle in Clay County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 119 people run or help run farms in Clay County, with an average age of 63. 38% of them are women. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.